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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Coal's Contribution to Ohio's Electricity Continues to Decline

At that time, Ohio had 20 plants that each could produce at least 200 megawatts of power. That was more coal-fired units than any other state in the country.

By the end of 2015, that percentage had dropped to 59 percent, according to a recent analysis by the Cleveland-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

Ten of those 20 coal-fired units have closed: five owned by Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp., two by Duke Energy, one by Columbus-based American Electric Power, one by NRG Energy and one by American Municipal Power.

American Municipal Power also cancelled plans to build a new coal-fired plant in Meigs County in southern Ohio.